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A lot of people believe we can, yes. However there are a few technologies that still need to be developed, such as a reliable power source that can work during a long lunar night

  • solar won’t work, because night is too long
  • RTGs can’t scale up enough to power a base
  • Fission reactors as we have them so far generally rely on a liquid coolant and a lot of maintenance attention
  • Even assuming we’ll be able to mine ice, it’s not something we can rely on to power a base, and we haven’t yet figured out how

So, if we can develop a small fission reactor that never needs any attention, can work in lower gravity, no atmosphere, huge range of temperatures , and doesn’t have anything that can leak, boil, or freeze, that would be perfect

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My personal favourite is orbital solar. With no atmosphere, it should be doable. But of course it’s just as hypothetical as all the other options at this point.

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Then beam the energy to Luna? Or could we transfer batteries?

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You beam down the energy using microwaves. On earth that’s difficult because of the atmosphere. On the moon that doesn’t apply, obviously.

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